diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f02b93ba0d5e007635083d0404f835c76e4d7bbb..9cf7965d4c1029639c5e4c94c05944f8d83993a6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_NTRIES: 5
   DOCKER_WAIT_TIME: 5
 
+  ## is this nightly or not?
+  NIGHTLY: 0
+
 stages:
   - config
   - build:base      ## base OS image
@@ -287,7 +290,7 @@ jug_xl:singularity:nightly:
 juggler:master:
   stage: deploy
   rules:
-    - if: '$NIGHTLY == "0" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
+    - if: '$NIGHTLY != "0" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: on_success
     - when: never
   needs: